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The Chinese idiom 「陶犬瓦雞」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.
A dog made of clay and a chicken sculpted from clay. A metaphor for something that is only formal but not practical.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
táo quǎn wǎ jī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tou4 hyun2 nga5 gai1
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